Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.24

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.25

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

May 1951

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the men in charge of operations. From left is Vice President A.W. Whitaker Jr. seen sitting in a helicopter; Project Manager Percy E. Radley; Chief Resident Engineer John Kendrick. The three men are all taking a look at what could be a map.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.28

Scope and Content

Photograph of part of Alcan Plant.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca.1952

Scope and Content

Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[October 13, 1955]

Accession Number

2005.8.8721

Scope and Content

Photogragh showing Alcan's Feild marshell, Earl Alexander and his wife, Lady Alexender.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950-1953

Accession Number

2002.44.39

Scope and Content

Photograph of bawxite boat 'Sun Karen' docked at Alcan wharf.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

{June 4, 1954}

Accession Number

2005.8.9417

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Sun Karen" that sailed on May 14, 1954 from Port Esquirel, Jamaica with first shipment of Alumina refined from Jamaican bauxite for Kitimat Works.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950-1953

Accession Number

2002.44.3

Scope and Content

Photograph of crane at Alcan wharf.

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1959]

Accession Number

71.51

Scope and Content

Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.

Part Of

Delta King Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956-1958

Accession Number

1991.8.1

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Delta King on the shore with smoke coming out of its pipe, trees and houses at the background, body of water at foreground. There is writing on the back that reads "The first bunk house at Kitimat Aluminum smelter plant - a converted paddle wheeler."

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[March 24, 1955]

Accession Number

2005.8.8782

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Kitimat Valley Builders' display house on Plover Street.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Scope and Content

Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1952

Scope and Content

Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954]

Accession Number

73.20

Scope and Content

Kitimat's first department store.

Part Of

James Tirrul-Jones Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. Jul 1956]

Accession Number

982.46

Scope and Content

Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1953

Accession Number

987.10.2

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the powerhouse during construction. View is of the interior of Alcan's Power Chamber located a quarter-mile inside Mount DuBose.

Part Of

John Constantine Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953-1954

Accession Number

999.7

Scope and Content

Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -

Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction

Other street areas for home sites

Tote road

Minette Bay

Townsite Camp

Early Haisla Blvd/Construction

Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction

City Centre culverts

Early Albatross Ave/Construction

Flood on River Access Road

Bridge Construction and Damage

Flood in Townsite Camp

First Fifty Houses

Water Line Instalations

Altitude Valve Chamber Fire

Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction

Sewer Installations

Seow Grid

Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay

White Truck on Fire

Smeltersite

Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction

Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction

Gully and Culvert

Ian Kennedy Panabode House

Kitamaat Village (distance)

Prototype Houses

Kitimat River

Butedale from Air

Water Main Work

Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff

Anderson Creek Falls

Early Partridge and Plover Streets

Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed

Sewer Outfall and Construction

Slide from Albatross

Sandhill (distance)

Slide on Lahakas Blvd

K550 Houses

Pump Houses Water Supply

Interior of Chlorinator House

Kitimat and Smelter Aerials

Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos

Part Of

John Constantine Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1955

Accession Number

999.7.2

Scope and Content

Loose photos realting to red album under 999.7.1 showing Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -

Early Kitimat Homes

Sewer Pipe installation

Kemano camp? buildings in winter

Part Of

Ann Graham Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2011.25

Scope and Content

Envelopes containing photos from broken down photo album of Kemano 1952/1953. Envelopes name which pages photos came from. Some envelopes have descriptions. Page 2 - Camp 5 Page 3 - Camp V and its destruction Page 4 - Horetsky Camp. Johnny after his helicopter accident - feed Sam Page 6 - The first camp 5 before it burned (tents) Page 7 - The Second Camp V Page 8 - Camp V seen from camp VI Page 11 - To 2600 feet camp Page 12 - Camp V underclouds from camp 2600 feet without clouds Page 15 - Camp 10 Chacha Page 16 - At camp 2600 Page 21 - First party with the nurses Page 23 - The first show all men cast Page 24 - Sam is always hungry Page 25 - Johnny, Marc, Arthur, Wally, John + Bill. Wonderful Times + Memories. Page 26 - Cherjune? Cheyenne, Max, Larry. Page 27 - Paula gentle friend, Gerrard, Max. Page 28 - Waiting for the dining room to open. Page 29 - Johnny + Tom Page 30 - My roommate Anthony Page 37 - Xmas day 1953 Page 40 - Kemano against Kitimat softball. Collection also includes: Envelope with paybills, receipts, clippings, and booklets. Envelope with albun on adhesive sheet pg. 1 Envelope with photgraph with album. Folder containing photcopies of album pages